Greathouse Tax Lists of Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Kentucky 1767 to 1816

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1 Location Tax Year Greathouses (names in column headers are identified below table; numbers in boxes refer to tax list references below chart) John Artz John Sr Heidelberg Twp, Berks County, PA * Shenandoah County, VA ,4, ,4 4 4 John Wm. Sam John Jr David Harm Will Chas Dan Fayette County, VA (later KY) Fayette County, KY Jessamine County, KY Henderson County, KY * In the 1767 Heidelberg Twp, Berks County, PA, Vivian Taylor considers this entry to be probable but not proven for John Sr. Greathouse Names in Table Columns: John Artz John Artz married Elizabeth Greathouse, daughter of Henry and Ann Greathouse John Sr - John Greathouse Sr (abt 1746 to 1816), married Elizabeth John John Greathouse (abt 1737 to 1840), married Catharina Elissen Haack - Note: "Vivian Taylor believes that John the husband of Catharina was born about 1756 in PA and died in 1834 in Wabash Co., IL; that he was the son of John (abt ), the youngest son of Henry and Ann; and that John (abt

2 1834) was called "Junior" or "the Younger" when he was in the same county (especially Shenandoah and Fayette) with John "Senior" (abt ). This reference to John as Jr did not mean that he was the son of John Sr, but merely that he was younger than John Sr." Wm.- William Greathouse (abt 1760 to 1819), married Mary Ann Livingston Sam Samuel Greathouse This may be the Samuel who first appeared in Baltimore records and was a brother to David (husband of Pensilla) and Elizabeth (who married William Hays in Warren County). David, Samuel, and Elizabeth were probably the children of Eva Ann Greathouse [apparently a widow], who married James Majors, Sr., in Baltimore. [Eva's first husband is unknown at this time; he may have been a son of Christian.] John Jr John Greathouse Jr (1777 to 1840), son of John Greathouse Sr and Elizabeth David David Greathouse (abt 1782 to 1827), son of John Greathouse Sr. and Elizabeth, married Sarah Callender Harm Harmon Greathouse (abt 1784 to 1831), son of John Greathouse Sr and Elizabeth, married Elizabeth Masoner Will William Greathouse (abt 1786 to 1845), son of John Greathouse Sr and Elizabeth, married Nancy Gibson Chas Charles Adams, married Polly Greathouse (abt 1792 to 1820), daughter of John Greathouse Sr and Elizabeth. Dan Daniel Greathouse (abt 1773 to 1820), son of John Greathouse Sr and Elizabeth Tax Lists and References Contributed by Louise Johnson and Vivian Taylor 1. Tax List of Berks County, Pennsylvania, (Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Vol. XVIII.) Transcribed by F. Edward Wright. Bowie, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, Page 33, Heidelberg Township: John Artz, with 100 acres, 4 horses, 6 cattle, 6 sheep, and tax of 21 [shillings]. Page 37, Heidelberg Township, Single Man [21 or over]: John Grotheiser; tax of 15 shillings. [PA Archives, page 53.] Comments by Vivian M. Taylor: John Artz married Elizabeth Greathouse [daughter of Henry and Ann Greathouse] on January 5, 1748, in Christ Church at Philadelphia. [Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810, Vol. 1, page 104.] The Artz family is well documented for several generations by Daniel W. Bly in From the Rhine to the Shenandoah, Volume Two (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, Inc., 1996). The biography of Johannes (John) Artz is given on pages 10 and 11. John and Elizabeth Artz sold their land in Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, on May 17, 1771 [Berks County Deed Book 6, pages and ]. "By the early 1770s John Artz and his family had moved to Virginia and were settled near the Shenandoah River east of Woodstock. The first record of John "Ortz" in Shenandoah County is a suit against him to collect a debt owed Jacob Miller in November 1772 (Shen. Co. Order Book #1, p. 91)." Since neither John Grotheiser/Greathouse nor John and Elizabeth Artz are listed in Berks County after 1771 but all three appear in Shenandoah County records after that, it is reasonable to assume that they migrated to Shenandoah County, Virginia, about Personal Property Tax List of 1782, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Microfilm reel #89, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, photocopied by Vivian Taylor. Greathouse, John: 2 poll tithables, 12 horses, 19 cattle; tax of 2 pounds, 12 shillings, and 9[?] pence. 3. A List of the Polls & Taxable Property in the County of Shenandoah for the Year Microfilm reel #89, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, photocopied by Vivian Taylor. Greathouse, John: 1 White tithe, 1 slave over sixteen, no slaves under sixteen, 14 horses, 22 cattle; tax of 2 pounds, 13 shillings, and 6 pence. 4. First Census of the United States, 1790: Records of the State Enumerations, 1782 to 1785: Virginia. Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Company, Reprinted in Shenandoah County: Greathouse, Will: 2 Whites, no Blacks. Greathouse, Jno.: 7 Whites, 1 Black. Greathouse, John: 4 Whites, no Blacks. 5. Virginia Publick Claims: Shenandoah County. Compiled and transcribed by Janice L. Abercrombie and Richard Slatten. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Publishing Company, [n.d.]. [] "A list of claims produced to Court and ordered to be certifyed of the County of Shanandoah August 29, 1782" Page 10 (original page 10): John Greathouse, 35 bu vcorn, 3 pounds, 10 shillings. Page 11 (original page 11): John Greathouse, 10 rations, 7 shillings, 6 pence. "At a court held for adjusting or setling[sic] the claims of the County of Shanando agreeable to law on the 31st October 1782, present Wm. Bird, Jno. North, Alexr. Hite, Jacob Rinker, Gents. the following were produced and ordered to be certifyed." Page 14 (original page 16): John Greathous, 280# beef, 2 pounds, 6 shillings, 8 pence. Page 15 (original page 16): John Greathouser, 5 bu rye, 12 shillings, 6 pence. 6. Note by Vivian Taylor: Subsequent tax lists for Shenandoah County contained no entries for "Greathouse" from 1784 through Shenandoah County deed books did not show land purchases or sales by John Greathouse. The only county marriage record for a

3 Greathouse male was that of William, who married Mary Ann Livingston in These tax lists were photocopied by Vivian Taylor from the sources cited. 7. Fayette County, Virginia [Kentucky area], 1787 Tax Assessment Book. Kentucky State Archives, microfilm roll May 20, [Abstracts made at Kentucky State Archives by Charles and Vivian Taylor.] Jno. Greathouse taxable and white free male over 21, 10 horses, 9 cattle; Jno. Greathouse Jun.--taxable and white free male over 21, 2 horses, 5 cattle; Wm. Greathouse taxable and white free male over 21, 2 horses, 1 cattle. 8. Fayette County, Virginia, 1788 Tax Assessment Book. Kentucky State Archives, microfilm roll Greathouse, John tithable, 0 Negroes, 10 horses; Greathouse, Wm tithable, 0 Negroes, 2 horses; Greathouse, John Jr.---1 tithable, 0 Negroes, 2 horses. 9. Fayette County, Virginia, 1789 Tax Assessment Book. Kentucky State Archives, microfilm roll Gratehouse, Jno. Jnr.--1 tithable, 0 Negroes, 14 horses; [Note by Vivian: J and S are very similar letters in the handwriting! Gratehouse, Jno. Snr.--1 tithable, 0 Negroes, 2 horses; If the designations are correct, there was a reversal of wealth. I think that Gratehouse, Wm tithable, 0 Negroes, 3 horses. John Senior probably had the larger number of horses.] 10. Fayette County, Virginia, 1790 Tax Assessment Book. Kentucky State Archives, microfilm roll Gratehouse, Wm W. tithable, 2 horses; Gratehouse, Jno. Jun.--1 W. tithable, 19 horses; Gratehouse, Jno. Sen.-1 W. tithable, 4 horses. 11. Fayette County, Virginia, 1791 Tax Assessment Book. Kentucky State Archives, microfilm roll Greathouse, Jno. Jr.--1 tithable, 21 horses; Greathouse, Wm tithable, 3 horses; Greathouse, Jno. Sr.-1 tithable, 3 horses. 12. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), Oct Tax Lists, Company 11, Book 2,. Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise Gratehouse, John (big)--1 taxable, 25 horses, 16 cattle, 1 stud horse, and 600 acres of tax rate of 61 [larger number of horses is clearly John Senior's property]; Gratehouse, John (little)--1 taxable, 4 horses, 17 cattle; Gratehouse, William taxable, 4 horses, 7 cattle. 13. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), 20 Sept 1793, Book 3, Charles Morgan's District, Company 11; Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise Gratehouse, John (big)----1 taxable, 29 horses, 10 cattle, and 600 tax rate of 61; Gratehouse, John (little)--1 taxable, 5 horses, 4 cattle. 14. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), 1794: Tax Book No.2, Charles Morgan's District., Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise No Greathouses listed. 15. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), 1795: District No. 2, Andrew McCala's Company: Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise Gratehouse, John--1 taxable white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 26 horses, 18 cattle, 12 stud horses, and 300 acres of first-rate land. He paid tax for years 1792, 1793, and John also owned land in Fayette County, 350 acres on Jessamine Creek, on which he paid the tax for 1794; and he owned land in Shelby County on Mill Creek, for which he paid the tax for Gratehouse, Samuel--1 taxable white male (with zero in the other columns]. 16. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), 1796: Tax Book #1; vouchers by Francis Dallum, Fayette County, Kentucky: Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John--1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 26 horses, 20 cattle, 11 stud horses, and 300 acres of first-rate land in Fayette County, watercourse Jessamine; surveyed in name of Edward Bradley. 17. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky) 1797: Francis Dallum's District, Fayette County, Kentucky: Fayette County, Virginia, Tax Lists, State of Kentucky after 1 June LDS microfilm roll # Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John--1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 28 cattle, 1 stud horse, and 121 acres. 18. Fayette County, Virginia (later Kentucky), 1798: No tax book found. No further Greathouse entries in Fayette County, Jessamine County was formed from Fayette in 1799.

4 19. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1799: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John--1 white male over 21, 2 males over 16, 34 horses, 2 slaves, and 300 acres on watercourse Jessamine, patented and entered in name of Isaac Hite. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21, 0 over 16, and 3 horses. 20. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1800: Tax List taken May 31 and June 22, Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21, 0 white males over 16, 1 horse, and 0 slaves. Greathouse, John--2 white males over 21, 1 white male over 16, 5 horses, 0 slaves, and 600 acres on watercourse Jessamine. 21. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1801: Tax List taken Aug. 3 and Aug. 11; Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21, 0 horses. Greathouse, John--1 white male over 21, 17 horses, 300 acres on watercourse Jessamine (patented and entered in name of Hite), and 400 acres on watercourse Licking, 150 acres [sic]. 22. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1802: Tax List taken April 19 and May 21: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 1 horse. Greathouse, John--1 white male over 21, 2 white males over 16, 14 horses, 1 stud horse, and 300 acres. Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21 [and no other entries]. 23. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1803: Tax List of May 16: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John--2 white males over 21, 1 white male over 16, and 18 horses. 24. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1804: Tax List taken April 2: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John--2 white males over 21, 1 white male over 16, 13 horses, 1 stud horse, and 300 acres. 25. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1805: Tax List taken May 3: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 2 white males over 16, 21 horses, and 300 acres. Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21 and 1 horse. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 5 horses, and 200 acres in Warren County, Kentucky, on Buck Creek (entered, surveyed, and patented in name of Sampson Greathouse). 26. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1806: Tax List taken April 19: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, and 14 horses. Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 4 horses, and 200 acres in Warren County on Buck Creek (entered, patented, and surveyed in name of Sampson Greathouse). Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21 and 4 horses. 27. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1807; Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Tax List taken May 2: Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21 and 3 horses. Tax List taken May 16: Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 2 horses, and 250 [sic] acres in Warren County on Buck Creek. Tax List taken July 22: Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21 and 1 horse. Tax List taken July 27: Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 18 horses, 300 acres in Jessamine County, 300 acres in Franklin County on Savern[?] Creek, and 200 acres in Warren County, Ky. 28. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1808: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Tax List taken May 28:

5 Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 1 white male over 16, 15 horses, 300 acres in Jessamine County, and 200 acres in Warren County. Tax List taken June 20: Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21 and 3 horses. Tax List taken August 18: Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21 and 3 horses. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21 and 3 horses. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 1 horse. 29. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1809: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Tax List taken July 29: Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21 and 3 horses. Tax List taken August 2: Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 15 horses, 450 acres in Jessamine County, and 200 acres in Warren County. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21 and 4 horses. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 2 horses. Tax List taken August 18: Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1810: Tax List (undated); Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21 and 6 horses. Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 17 horses, 1 stud horse, 450 acres in Jessamine County, and 200 acres in Warren County on Buck Creek. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 6 horses. Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21, 1 black male over 16, and 3 horses. Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male and 4 horses. 31. Jessamine County, Kentucky, 1811: Tax List taken June 28: Jessamine County, Kentucky, Tax Lists, Abstracted by Louise Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 7 horses. Greathouse, John, Sr.--1 white male over 21, 1[sic] horse, 502 acres in Jessamine County, and 200 acres in Warren County. Greathouse, John, Jr.--1 white male over 21 and 4 horses. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21 and 7 horses. Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21 and 5 horses. 32. Note by Louise F. Johnson: Jessamine County, Kentucky: No Greathouses found in Jessamine County, KY, after Henderson County, Kentucky, 1812; Henderson County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, LDS Microfilm G Page 1: Adams, Charles--1 white male above 21 and 1 horse. [Number of acres is blurred.] Page 7: Greathouse, David--400 acres in Henderson County, on Pond Creek; land entered in name of Larkin Smith; 1 white male over 21 and 9 horses. Greathouse, Hermon--1 white male over 21 and 4 horses. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21 and 4 horses. Greathouse, John, Sr acres in Warren County, on Buck Creek; land entered in name of Sampson Greathouse; 1 white male over 21 and 13 horses. 34. Henderson County, Kentucky, 1813: Henderson County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, LDS Microfilm G Page 1: Adams, Charles--1 white male above 21. Page 5: Greathouse, Hermon--Company of R. [or A.] Smith; 1 white male over 21 and 11 horses. Greathouse, David--Company of H[?] James; 400 acres of 3rd-rate land in Henderson County on Pond Creek; name under which entered or by whom surveyed and patented--tad Kuykendall; 1 white male over 21 and 5 horses. 35. Henderson County, Kentucky, 1814: Henderson County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, LDS Microfilm G Page 5: Greathouse, Harmon--1 white male over 21, 6[?] horses, and $350 total value. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 7 horses, and $230 total value. Greathouse, John--200 acres in Jefferson County on Floyd's Fork, entered by Mordica Reed; 1 white male over 21; 15 horses; value of land = 1.00 per acre; $800 total value.

6 36. Henderson County, Kentucky, 1815: Henderson County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, LDS Microfilm G Page 8: Greathouse, John--200 acres of 3rd-rate land in Warren County on Buck Creek, entered by S. Greathouse and surveyed for same; 1 white male over 21; 11 horses; value of land = 1.00 per acre; $600 total value. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 7 horses, and $200 total value. Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21, 4 horses, and $200 total value. 37. Henderson County, Kentucky, 1816: Henderson County, Kentucky, Tax Rolls, LDS Microfilm G Page 1: Adams, Charles--1 white male over 21, 2 horses, and $80 total value. Page 8: Greathouse, William--1 white male over 21, 2 horses, and $140[?] total value. Page 9: Greathouse, Daniel--1 white male over 21. Greathouse, David--1 white male over 21, 7 horses, and $245 total value. [John in no longer listed.]